Elaine Primary School

Elaine Primary School has received its first inspection since becoming an academy and has been rated as good overall. The school has a strong focus on providing a safe and supportive environment for its pupils, who feel happy and respected. A notable strength is the ambitious curriculum that includes a high priority on reading, allowing most pupils to develop into confident readers quickly. Additionally, relationships between staff and students are commendable, contributing to a calm and purposeful school atmosphere. However, leaders are aware that certain subjects, particularly geography, have not yet fully accounted for learning lost during the COVID-19 pandemic, which poses challenges for some pupils in meeting complex concepts.

Strengths

• Ambitious curriculum raising pupils’ aspirations
• Strong focus on reading helping pupils become confident readers
• Supportive and positive relationships between pupils and staff
• Good early years provision enabling children's development
• Effective safeguarding arrangements safeguarding pupils
• Extra-curricular clubs encouraging physical activity

Areas for Improvement

• Geography curriculum not accounting for lost learning during the pandemic
• Assessment processes in some foundation subjects still being refined
• Some families do not send their children to school every day

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Elaine Primary School attended 92.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 26.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.7% of pupils at Elaine Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Elaine Primary School had 21.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 20.7% of pupils at Elaine Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Elaine Primary School received £8,014 and spent £7,848 for each of its 280 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £4,000 (£16 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Inspire Partnership Academy Trust, income was £7,816 and spending £7,668 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Rochester · Medway local authority: places and applications

Elaine Primary School is part of Inspire Partnership Academy Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Delce Academy Rochester
• Chattenden Primary School Rochester
• Maundene School Chatham
• Rockliffe Manor Primary School London
• Foxfield Primary School London
• Woodhill Primary School London
• Forest Academy Croydon
• Woodside Primary School Croydon
• West Thornton Primary School Croydon

What is Elaine Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Elaine Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Elaine Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Elaine Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Elaine Primary School have?

Elaine Primary School has 270 pupils on roll.

What age range does Elaine Primary School cover?

Elaine Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Elaine Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Elaine Primary School?

Elaine Primary School is at Elaine Avenue, Rochester, ME2 2YN.